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Robert Henry Taunton Raikes ( – ) was an submarine commander in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Raikes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1907.[1]

Raikes was appointed in command of the submarine C 35 on 5 May, 1911.[2]

On 2 September, 1913, he was appointed to the armoured cruiser Defence, remaining there until at least the turn of 1915.[3] He was to return to his submarine work, however.

Raikes was commanding the submarine E 54 on 21 August, 1916 when she sank UC 10, and on 1 May, 1917 when she sank U 81.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. E 54
? – ?
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
David de B. Stocks
Captain of H.M.S. B 4
28 Mar, 1910 – ?
Succeeded by
Claud L. Y. Dering
Preceded by
James C. Wauhope
Captain of H.M.S. C 35
5 May, 1911 – ?
Succeeded by
Alfred G. Hine
Preceded by
Gilbert E. Venning
Captain of H.M.S. C 14
5 May, 1911 – ?
Succeeded by
Cecil P. Talbot
Preceded by
Vernon H. S. Haggard
Captain of H.M.S. Vulcan
Dec, 1920 – ?
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 126.
  2. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 280.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 301.
  4. The Technical History and Index, Vol. 1, Part 1. p. 13, though it wrongly identifies UC10 as UC7..